• U.S. general: Al-Zarqawi's days are numbered
• Al-Qaida ally in Iraq warned he will be caught 'sooner or later'

True Words: “I’d love to capture, detain or kill Zarqawi,” Brig.-Gen. Jeffrey Hammond told reporters. “I’m very optimistic that sooner or later we’re going to get him. "The bloodhounds are on him right now. They’re on his trail.” Bloodhounds. Pretty apt. Calling his own soldiers dogs.

Empty Threats: The U.S. commander also warned al-Qaida ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a driving force behind escalating attacks in the buildup to Iraq’s election, that American troops were on his trail and would capture or kill him "sooner or later." The occupiers have 150,000 strong force in Iraq, and he is still saying - "sooner or later." What is it - Sooner? Or Later? Or maybe you meant "Dead or Alive?"

Dumb Conclusion: Branding al-Zarqawi the “head of the snake,” Brig.-Gen. Jeffrey Hammond said on Friday that taking out the shadowy Jordanian Islamist leader, who tops America’s wanted list, would deal a crippling blow to Iraq’s insurgency. If you ever had any respect for the American Military, this is the time to wake up from your hallucination. They are now promising the end of the insurgency by the killing of just one man .... anybody remember what these same people were saying before Saddam was betrayed?

Al-Zarqawi — whose network seems to strike at will, targeting politicians and beheading foreign hostages despite a $25 million U.S. bounty on his head — eluded a manhunt during a major U.S.-led assault on his former Fallujah stronghold in November. An audio tape purportedly from al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden has backed al-Zarqawi as the network’s leader in Iraq and urged Muslims to wage holy war to drive out U.S.-led forces.

His group’s almost daily attacks across Iraq have raised fears of a bloodbath during the Jan. 30 election, the first ballot since a U.S.-led invasion toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003.